P00562.142 Accession Number: P00562.142

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Baghdad, Mesopotamia. c. 1918-06. Rear view of two Ford vans with wireless pack set equipment connected ready for transmitting. Beside the vehicles are their drivers from No. 14 Light Motor Station, 1st Wireless Signal Squadron, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force. The motor van station was at the Horselines, which was the billet area for the squadron outside the south gate of the city, from June to October 1918. (Formerly A05837) (Donor E. Keast Burke)

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P00562.142
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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